John McKay and Anju Dhillon join Navy in the Arctic for more than just iceberg watching

By Neil MossSep. 3, 2018

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Liberal MP John McKay travelled with the Navy to the Arctic to look into the dangers threatening Canadian sovereignty. 'Canadians absolutely have no idea what the Canadian military does for them on a daily basis,' he said. Photograph courtesy of Twitter

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Liberal MP John McKay spent three days at sea off the coast of Nunavut in mid-August to check in on Canada's defence of its Arctic sovereignty. Mr. McKay, a former parliamentary secretary of defence from 2015 to 2017, boarded HMCS Charlottetown on Aug. 16 and joined the 220 sailors and 10 soldiers aboard until Aug. 18. âThe Arctic is the next big frontier from a military standpoint,â Mr. McKay told The Hill Times. He added the better politicians

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